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Mardi Gras
February 21, 2012Mardi Gras is a french word that means Fat Tuesday. It refers to a celebration that is practiced on the eve of Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lent
season.
It is an ancient custom from France. As part of the Mardi Gras celebration, an ox was paraded across the town to remind people that it was the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the fasting of the Lent season, which begins on Ash Wednesday.
It is sometimes referred to as Shrove Tuesday
Today, people celebrate Mardi Gras with parades of beautiful floats, participants with beads and colorful costumes.
Introduce this theme in your
Preschool Program
as it offers a great opportunity to teach your preschoolers about and colors and
shapes.
Preschoolers enjoy dressing up in colorful costumes and parading around. Take advantage of this event to teach your preschoolers new concepts.
Mardi Gras Floats
Mardi Gras Shoe Box Floats
Supplies:
A shoe box or a tissus box
Tissue paper of all colors
Glitter Glue
Colorful Feathers
Mini pompoms of various colors
Directions:
Have the children decorate their floats
Ask them to choose a little toy person such as lego people and to sit them in the floats
Line them all up and watch the parade of floats!
Mardi Gras Masks
Mardi Gras Colorful Masks
Supplies:
Paper plate
Glitter Glue
Feathers of all colors
Straws
Directions:
Cut out two large circles to make the eyes
Let the children decorate their masks with glitter glue and feathers
Tape a straw on each side of the plate. This will be the handles for the children to use to hold their masks.
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras Shoe Box Floats
Mardi Gras Colorful Masks
